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> high levels of public service motivation - eg. the civil service, judiciary, NGOs, civil infrastructure, education. Many of these are mostly known for harbou
by Leonard_of_Q 19d ago
> high levels of public service motivation - eg. the civil service, judiciary, NGOs, civil infrastructure, education.
Many of these are mostly known for harbouring activists, not public servants. They serve a cause, not the public and as such are just as unsuitable for politics as the usual suspects.
- Timon3 19d agoJust because many people think they mostly harbor activists, doesn't mean that it's true. I regularly see people getting called "activists" or "ideologues" because they serve the public instead of whatever causes their detractors want to advance.
- roryirvine 19d agoYes - reflexively denigrating anyone who's not motivated by interests that align with their own as an "activist" is likely one of the reasons why politics has become degraded in the way that it has.
- Timon3 19d agoYep, same goes for "ideologue" etc. IMO such thought-terminating cliches are a mind virus: ~10-15 years ago I noticed some people frequently using them in discussions. Today, these people are largely incapable of staying calm while listening to any opposing views, no matter the topic! (EDIT: After posting, I had the idea below) My best explanation would be: just like TikTok is harmful to our attention span, thought-terminating cliches are harmful to our tolerance for complexity.